During World War II, he worked for the Admiralty Research Laboratory, from which emerged a group of many notable scientists, including David Bates, Robert Boyd, George Deacon, John Gunn, Harrie Massey, and Nevill Mott ; he worked on the design of magnetic and acoustic mines, and was instrumental in designing a new mine that was effective against German minesweepers.

He was in 1946 appointed as governor general by George VI, king of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, to replace the Earl of Athlone as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by Vincent Massey in 1952.

Alexander would have been seen in this event by two of his Canadian viceregal successors: Vincent Massey, who was then the Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Massey's secretary, Georges Vanier, who watched the procession from the roof of Canada House on Trafalgar Square.

In cryptography, the International Data Encryption Algorithm ( IDEA ) is a block cipher designed by James Massey of ETH Zurich and Xuejia Lai and was first described in 1991.

Envisioned in 1963 by Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey, the area adjacent to the University was not officially rezoned for development until 30 years later.

It was created in 1989 by Scott Gehmlich of IDACOM Electronics ( which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1990 ), and sent to Giovanni Moretti of Massey University, from whom it was propagated widely.

Moreover, the practice of alternating between anglophone and francophone Canadians was instituted with the appointment of Georges Vanier, a francophone who succeeded the anglophone Massey.

Byrd remained in Stondon Massey until his death on 4 July 1623, which was noted in the Chapel Royal Check Book in a unique entry describing him as ‘ a Father of Musick ’.

A solution for the latter was found in 1969 by Elwyn Berlekamp and James Massey, and is since known as the Berlekamp – Massey decoding algorithm.

He was awarded the 1967 Construction Man of the Year Award from the Engineering News Record and the Massey Medal for Architecture in Canada for Habitat 67.

Only Adrienne Clarkson created two Governor General Awards — the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture ( though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950 ).

where it was used as the basis of a two-part National Theatre workshop run by Michael Bogdanov, and starring Daniel Massey and Suzanne Bertish.

Although Frank Capra cast Raymond Massey in the 1944 film, which was shot in 1941, while Karloff was still appearing in the role on Broadway, Karloff reprised the role on television with Tony Randall and Tom Bosley in a 1962 production on the Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Sir Edward Massey, formerly the Parliamentary governor of Gloucester, was now with Charles, and it was hoped that he would induce his fellow Presbyterians to take arms.

In the action which followed Massey was severely wounded and he and his men were forced to retreat northwards along the west bank of the Severn towards the river Teme and Worcester.

One of the most notable members was William Massey, then Prime Minister of New Zealand.

He then recruited Charles McCall ( who followed Jeff Wilkins as CEO, and later became CEO of HBOC ), Maury Cox ( who became CEO after the departure of McCall ), and Robert Massey ( who was the last CEO of CompuServe ).

One of his last political battles was his involvement with a plan to build up Edward Massey ’ s Western Association into an army capable of counterbalancing the New Model Army.

Massey had been one of the few Parliamentary commanders to retain an independent commission when the New Model Army was formed.

* Doreen Massey ( born 1944 ), key scholar in the space and places of globalization and its pluralities, winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize.

* William Ferguson Massey – 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand ( from 1912 to 1925 ) was born and educated in the town before migrating.

Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Anna ( née Vincent ), who was born in Illinois, and Chester Daniel Massey, the wealthy owner of the Massey-Ferguson Tractor Company.

Wilton and Massey had a daughter, Alice, born in 1977.

Massey was born in London in 1933.

The O ' Jays are an American R & B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert ( born June 16, 1942 ), Walter Williams ( born August 25, 1943 ), William Powell ( January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977 ), Bobby Massey and Bill Isles.

* Graham Massey ( born 4 August 1960, Manchester ) — guitarist, keyboardist, saxophonist ( 1988 – present )

Massey was born into an influential Toronto family and was educated in Ontario and England, obtaining a degree in law and befriending future prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King while studying at the University of Oxford.

Massey was the first Canadian-born individual to serve as Canada's governor general and he proved to be a successful transition for the office away from occupants who had consistently been both members of the peerage and born overseas.

Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, as the son of Anna ( née Vincent ) and Chester Daniel Massey, the owner of the Massey-Harris Co. ( predecessor company to the Massey-Ferguson Tractor Company ) and the patriarch of one of the city's wealthiest families.

The O ' Jays are a Canton, Ohio based soul and R & B group, originally consisting of Walter Williams ( born August 25, 1942 ), Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell ( January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977 ) and Eddie Levert ( b. June 16, 1942 ).

Massey was born in 1856 into a farming family, and grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry in Ireland.

Gerald Massey ( 1828 – 1907 ) – poet, literary critic, Egyptologist and Spiritualist – was born nearby at Gamnel Wharf, New Mill, on the Wendover Branch of the Grand Union Canal.

Doreen Elizabeth Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen ( born 5 September 1938 ) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.

Massey was born in Thakeham, West Sussex, England, the daughter of British actress Adrianne Allen and Canadian-born Hollywood actor Raymond Massey .< ref >

* John Fraser ( journalist ) ( born 1944 ), Canadian journalist and master of Massey College, University of Toronto

Photographs of his watercolours entitled " Arms of the University of Windsor " and " The Bearings Massey College in the University of Toronto " ( coat of arms ) are in the Alan Beddoe collection at Library and Archives Canada.

* March 25 – Daniel Massey, English actor ( b. 1933 )

* Daniel Massey as Bobby Kinross

They had two children who followed him into acting: Anna Massey and Daniel Massey.

Wilton has been married to two distinguished actors, Daniel Massey and Ian Holm.

Between 1975 and 1984 she was married to the actor Daniel Massey.

Daniel Raymond Massey ( 10 October 193325 March 1998 ) was an English actor and performer.

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Fearing that Mary has ambitions for England's throne, Elizabeth I of England ( Glenda Jackson ) decides to weaken her claim by sending her favourite, the ambitious Robert Dudley ( Daniel Massey ), to woo and marry Mary.

* Daniel Massey as Elizabeth's lover, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Massey was thus raised amongst Toronto's elite, which would give him a number of social and familial connections throughout his life, as occurred with his younger brother, Raymond Massey, and his children, Anna Massey and Daniel Massey.

** Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick ( composers ) & the original cast ( Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy, Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder ) for She Loves Me

In 1910, the business was acquired by Massey-Harris Co. Ltd, and became a subsidiary of that Canadian company, founded by Daniel Massey in 1847.

The firm was founded in 1847 in Newcastle, Ontario by Daniel Massey as the Newcastle Foundry and Machine Manufactory.